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For Immediate Release Contact:
Wayne Mahood,
professor emeritus of education at SUNY
SUNY Geneseo Alumni
Association Secretary Ruth Hawley Gibson (left) SUNY Geneseo
Alumni Association Recognizes Commitment to College and Education GENESEO,
N.Y. – The State University of New York at Geneseo Alumni Association presented
awards to four individuals during its summer reunion July 10-11 to recognize
their commitment to the association, college and higher education. Judy Bushnell from Geneseo received a
Distinguished Service Award for her dedication to Geneseo students and the
Geneseo family. She received her
bachelor’s degree in English from Geneseo in 1972 and completed a master’s
degree in library sciences at the college in 1973. She worked as a librarian at
the college and later as an archivist at the college’s Milne Library. As
librarian emerita at the Geneseo, Bushnell worked on a writing team that
recently produced the first comprehensive history of the college, SUNY Geneseo: From Normal School to Public Ivy, 1871-2007, an
account of Geneseo’s transition from a teachers’ training school to today’s
liberal arts institution. Gerald Miller, president emeritus of Niagara
County Community College, who now resides in Myrtle Beach, S.C., received the
association’s Excellence in Education Award for his lifelong commitment to
education. Miller is a 1959 Geneseo
graduate and majored in elementary education and theater. He earned a master’s degree in English at
SUNY Buffalo and has written more than 25 plays, including a PBS network
production. During
his 32 years at Niagara County Community College, Miller served as vice
president of academic affairs and dean of students before being named the
college’s fourth president. He received
the Geneseo Alumni Association’s Professional Achievement Award in 1993 and
five years later was named to the SUNY Alumni Honor Roll. Miller also received
the Distinguished Service Award from the Western New York Regional Education
Center for Economic Development and the State Education Department. Roy and Beverly McTarnaghan, both 1954 Geneseo graduates who
now reside in Bonita Springs, Fla., were inducted into the Society of Old Main
for their service to Geneseo. Old Main
was one of the earliest buildings on campus.
Roy majored in communications at the college and earned his master’s
degree in speech education at The Ohio State University and his doctorate at
Michigan State University. He returned
to Geneseo to teach speech education and was named director of admissions in 1961
and associate dean in 1967. He later served as president of the West Virginia
College of Graduate Studies and Florida Gulf Coast University. Roy
received the Geneseo Alumni Association’s Professional Achievement Award in
1977 and the Geneseo Foundation’s Meritorious Service Award in 1985. In 1999, Geneseo conferred an honorary
doctorate on him prior to his delivering the keynote address at commencement. Beverly
McTarnaghan, an elementary education major at Geneseo, is a retired teacher who
dedicated her life to education. She
later became the executive director for the Pregnancy Help Information Center
in Tallahassee, Fla. She was named to
the SUNY Alumni Honor Roll in 1995. The McTarnaghans have generously supported
The Fund for Geneseo for decades. In
addition, they have established the McTarnaghan Family Endowed Scholarship,
which honors others in the McTarnaghan family who have attended Geneseo: Belle McTarnaghan, an 1893 graduate; Ethel
Gibson Templeton, a 1931 graduate; and Elizabeth Ann McTarnaghan (Sr. Marie
McTarnaghan), a 1954 graduate. |
